In stamp collecting, we call this area "EFO"
for "Errors, Freaks, and Oddities", so I will
just call this "Errors and Oddities."
I am really just getting started on this section, so
there are only four pages so far. Two pages that hold
several 2x2s and flips of various errors and oddities,
a page with two Mint Sets that have a coin damaged by
the heat sealer at the mint, and a page with 3 notes.
On the first page, the circulation proof is a nickel
I found noodling for nickles to complete the modern
section of my Nickel album. I'm proud that I found that
one myself!
On the page with the Mint Sets, the nickel in the 1993
Philadelphia set is damaged and the penny is damaged
in the 2006 Philadelphia set. I don't know if any previous
owner was aware of the damage to the 1993 set, but I
got the 2006 set directly from the US Mint so it's likely
not that rare of an occurance.
The notes are: $1 Silver Certificate, $2 Red Seal,
$1 RADAR. It's not only a RADAR, but a repeater as well!
Some claim that the first and last letters have to also
be the same to be a TRUE RADAR, but those go for $100
so I'll pass!
Errors
Common Errors include:
Clipped Planchet
Multiple Strike
Blank (no rim)
Planchet (rimmed blank)
Defective Die
Off-center
Broadstrike
Lamination Error
Brockage
Wrong Planchet
Rotated Die
Misaligned Die
Coin damaged by mint packaging sealer
Other Oddities
Other Oddities include:
Waffled coin
Circulation Proof
"Stamped" coin
Hobo Nickel
Tokens
Gaming chips
This is still a work in progress. There is no telling
what I may decide to include in here!
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